Ratchet auger-handle



(No Model.)

J.DBLANEY.

RATCHET AUGER HANDLE.

No. 560,122. Patented May 12, 1896.

(se/Z Zan UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH DELANEY, OF ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

RATCHET AUGER-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,122, dated May 12, 1896.

Application filed December 28, 1895. Serial No. 573,604. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH DELANEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ashland, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ratchet Auger-Handles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a ratchet au ger-handle which is simple in construction, and in which the parts are held in engagement with each other by the means employed for attaching the auger to the handle.

lVith the above end in view the invention consists in providing the shank of the auger with a recess in which rest the sockets or parts of the ratchet mechanism to which the handles are connected, one of the handles carrying a pawl having spring members adapted to engage a ratchet-wheel formed on one of the sockets, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a porspective view of my improved ratchet augerhandle. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Figs. 3 and 4: are detail perspective views of the sockets; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the under side of the handle which carries the pawl, the socket having the ratchet-wheel 1 being shown in dotted lines.

A designates a socket which is provided at one end with a cylindrical portion a and at the other end with a ratchet-wheel a of larger diameter, the socket having centrally a longitudinal rectangular aperture or opening a2, through which the shank of the auger is passed, as well as the wedge which holds the part-s together, as hereinafter described.

B designates a supplemental socket which is cylindrical and of slightly larger diameter than the cylindrical portion of the socket A, so that when these parts are placed end to end, as shown in Fig. 2, an annular recess will be presented, for the purpose hereinafter set forth. The socket B is provided with a rectangular opening which registers with the opening a2 in the socket A.

- C designates a handle having attached thereto a shank c, at the outer end of which is formed a ring C', which is preferably of greater thickness than the shank, and the opening in this ring is of the same diameter as the cylindrical portion a of the socket, so that when placed thereon the ring will bear upon the annular shoulder formed by the ratchet-Wheel a. To the under side of the shank c is pivoted a pawl D, having spring members d d, which are adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel when the ring is placed upon the socket A, as hereinbefore mentioned. The shank c is provided with apertures c', adjoining the spring members ci of the pawl, which are adapted to receive a pin d', and when this pin is in engagement with one of the apertures it places one of the members of the pawl in engagement with the ratchet-wheel and throws the other member out of such engagement.

E designates a handle which is provided with a shank e, having a ring at its outer end with an opening corresponding with the opening in the ring C', so that this ring may be placed over the cylindrical portion a of the socket A and rest upon the ring C. The handle E and ring attached thereto are used for guiding the auger.

The shank F is tapered or beveled on one side toward its end, and the opposite side is provided with a recess of sufficient length to receive the sockets A and B, said recess forming shoulders f f, against which the sockets bear. The part of the shank F that engages the sockets is of less width than the openings therein, so that a wedge F can be driven into the sockets to hold the parts iirmly together.

In assembling the parts the socket A is placed over the end of the shank of the auger, so as to engage the lower shoulder f thereof. The rings of the handles C and E are then placed over the cylindrical portion of the socket and the supplemental socket placed over the end of the shank to engage the upper shoulder f, after which the wedge F is driven into the space between the shank and sides of the openings in the'sockets and holds the parts securely together. It will be noted IOO members of the ypaWl D can be caused to engage the ratchet-Wheel, thus providing' for the turning of the auger in either direction. The shank of the handle E is preferably given l a double bend, as shown, so that the handles C and vE can be brought substantially one y ing a recess to provide shoulders, as ff, of the above the other when desired.

From the foregoing description the opera-l dles having rings which engage the annular recess; a pawl attached to one of vthe handles and in engagement with the ratchet-Wheel; and means for rigidly connecting the auger to the sockets, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

. The combination with the sockets A and B rigidly connected to the auger and providing an annular recess, substantiallyas shown, of the handles C and E having rings in engagement With the annular recess, a paWl D pivoted to one of the handles and presenting spring members d (l, and a pin d adapted to engage apertures c c in the handle to throv either one of the spring members in engagement with a ratchet-Wheel formed on one of the sockets, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination With the shank of an auger beveled or tapered on one side and havsockets A and B .presenting an annular recess and having central rectangular openings which receive the shank of the auger, one of the sockets being provided with a ratchet- Wheel, land a Wedge or locking-key for holding the parts together', substantially as shown; together with a guide-'handle and a handle carrying a paWl inengagement With the ratchet- Wheel, the handles having rings in engagement With the annular recess formed by the sockets.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signa-turc in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH DELANEY. lVitnesses z XVLLLIAM LEvY, C. F. RUssELL.V 

